# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 980862813 0 # Node ID 37c3ff9673278004788b0e2d978c358f94bb7cde # Parent bc965ab080802884e173b737d9974cc6386ba2bc Document non-support of tool bar and tooltips on MS-Windows. diff -r bc965ab08080 -r 37c3ff967327 man/frames.texi --- a/man/frames.texi Tue Jan 30 13:47:51 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/frames.texi Tue Jan 30 13:53:33 2001 +0000 @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ @cindex MS Windows Emacs compiled for MS Windows mostly supports the same features as -under X. +under X. However, as of version 21.1, images, tool bars, and tooltips +are not yet available on MS Windows. Features which rely on text in multiple faces (such as Font Lock mode) will also work on non-windowed terminals that can display more than one @@ -760,9 +761,10 @@ You can turn display of tool bars on or off with @kbd{M-x tool-bar-mode} analogously to @code{menu-bar-mode}. @xref{Menu Bars}. This will only work in an Emacs with appropriate image support for the available icons -on a graphic display. By default, monochrome (PBM or XBM format) icons -are used. XPM format icons, which normally look better, will normally -be used if Emacs was built with XPM support. +on a graphic display. (In particular, the MS-Windows version doesn't +support tool bars as of version 21.1.) By default, monochrome (PBM or +XBM format) icons are used. XPM format icons, which normally look +better, will normally be used if Emacs was built with XPM support. There is a global tool bar with useful items and some modes define their own tool bars to replace it.@footnote{We could provide more if suitable @@ -1298,7 +1300,7 @@ @cindex balloon help @findex tooltip-mode -Tooltips are small X windows displaying a help string at the current +Tooltips are small windows displaying a help string at the current mouse position, typically over text---including the mode line---which can be activated with the mouse or other keys. (This facility is sometimes known as `balloon help'.) Tooltips may be available for menu @@ -1309,6 +1311,9 @@ display. If Tooltip mode is not activated, the help text is displayed in the echo area instead. +As of version 21.1, tooltips are not supported in the MS-Windows port +of Emacs. + @node Mouse Avoidance @section Mouse Avoidance